| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| fabricatress | noun | A woman who fabricates. |
| facilitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Facilitate |
| facilitation | noun | The act of facilitating or making easy. |
| fainthearted | adjective | Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. |
| fair-natured | adjective | Well-disposed. |
| faair-spoken | adjective | Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. |
| fair-weather | adjective | Made or done in pleasant weather, or in circumstances involving but little exposure or sacrifice; as, a fair-weather voyage., Appearing only when times or circumstances are prosperous; as, a fair-weather friend. |
| falcongentil | noun | The female or young of the goshawk (Astur palumbarius). |
| falsificator | noun | A falsifier. |
| familiarized | imp. & past participle | of Familiarize |
| familiarness | noun | Familiarity. |
| familistical | adjective | Pertaining to Familists. |
| fanaticizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fanaticize |
| fantasticism | noun | The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality. |
| faradization | noun | The treatment with faradic or induced currents of electricity for remedial purposes. |
| farmsteading | noun | A farmstead. |
| farstretched | adjective | Streatched beyond ordinary limits. |
| fascicularly | adverb | In a fascicled manner. |
| fasciculated | adjective | Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled. |
| fastidiosity | noun | Fastidiousness; squeamishness. |
| fata morgana | A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily. | |
| fatherliness | noun | The qualities of a father; parantal kindness, care, etc. |
| fat-kidneyed | adjective | Gross; lubberly. |
| fault-finder | noun | One who makes a practice of discovering others’ faults and censuring them; a scold. |
| fausse-braye | noun | A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level. |
| fawn-colored | adjective | Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown. |
| feather-few/ | noun | Feverfew. |
| feather-foil | noun | An aquatic plant (Hottonia palustris), having finely divided leaves. |
| feather-head | noun | A frivolous or featherbrained person. |
| febrifacient | adjective | Febrific., That which causes fever. |
| federalizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Federalize |
| feldspathose | adjective | Pertaining to, or consisting of, feldspar. |
| felicitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Felicitate |
| felicitation | noun | The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation. |
| felliflu-ous | adjective | Flowing with gall. |
| fellowshiped | imp. & past participle | of Fellowship |
| feminineness | noun | The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness. |
| feminization | noun | The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized. |
| fenestration | noun | The arrangement and proportioning of windows; — used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions., The state or condition of being fenestrated. |
| fer-de-lance | noun | A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. |
| fermentation | noun | The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it., A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings. |
| fermentative | adjective | Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process. |
| ferricyanate | noun | A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide. |
| ferricyanide | noun | One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base. |
| ferriprussic | adjective | Ferricyanic. |
| ferrocalcite | noun | Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure. |
| ferrocyanate | noun | A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide. |
| ferrocyanide | noun | One of a series of complex double cyanides of ferrous iron and some other base. |
| ferroprussic | adjective | Ferrocyanic. |
| ferruginated | adjective | Having the color or properties of the rust of iron. |
| ferrugineous | adjective | Ferruginous. |
| feuilltonist | noun | A writer of feuilletons. |
| fibrillation | noun | The state of being reduced to fibers. |
| fiddledeedee | interj. | An exclamatory word or phrase, equivalent to nonsense! |
| fiddlestring | noun | One of the catgut strings of a fiddle. |
| fieri facias | A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. | |
| figurability | noun | The quality of being figurable. |
| financialist | noun | A financier. |
| financiering | present participle & vb. noun | of Financier |
| findfaulting | adjective | Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious. |
| fippenny bit | The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, — so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. | |
| fireprrofing | noun | The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process. |
| fish-bellied | adjective | Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. |
| fissilingual | adjective | Having the tongue forked. |
| fissilinguia | noun pl. | A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. |
| fissipalmate | adjective | Semipalmate and loboped, as a grebe’s foot. See Illust. under Aves. |
| fissirostral | adjective | Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers. |
| fissirostres | noun pl. | A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft. |
| fistularioid | adjective | Like or pertaining to the genus Fistularia. |
| flabellation | noun | The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. |
| flabelliform | adjective | Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate. |
| flagellating | present participle & vb. noun | of Flagellate |
| flagellation | noun | A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. |
| flagelliform | adjective | Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering. |
| flammability | noun | The quality of being flammable; inflammability. |
| flammiferous | adjective | Producing flame. |
| flammivomous | adjective | Vomiting flames, as a volcano. |
| flap-mouthed | adjective | Having broad, hangling lips. |
| flatteringly | adverb | With flattery. |
| fleur-de-lis | noun | The iris. See Flower-de-luce., A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France. |
| flexicostate | adjective | Having bent or curved ribs. |
| flickeringly | adverb | In a flickering manner. |
| flickermouse | noun | See Flittermouse. |
| flindermouse | noun | A bat; a flittermouse. |
| flippantness | noun | State or quality of being flippant. |
| flittermouse | noun | A bat; — called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse. |
| flocculating | present participle & vb. noun | of Flocculate |
| flocculation | noun | The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps. |
| floriculture | noun | The cultivation of flowering plants. |
| florida bean | The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean., One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. | |
| floscularian | noun | One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk. |
| flower-fence | noun | A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; — so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. |
| fluctiferous | adjective | Tending to produce waves. |
| fluctisonous | adjective | Sounding like waves. |
| fluoranthene | noun | A white crystalline hydrocarbon C/H/, of a complex structure, found as one ingrdient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. |
| fluorescence | noun | That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident light. |
| fluosilicate | noun | A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; — called also silicofluoride. |
| flusteration | noun | The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster. |
| flutteringly | adverb | In a fluttering manner. |
| fly-catching | adjective | Having the habit of catching insects on the wing. |
| focalization | noun | The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized. |
| folliculated | adjective | Having follicles. |
| foot poundal | A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. | |
| foraminifera | noun pl. | An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda. |
| forcibleness | noun | The quality of being forcible. |
| foreadmonish | verb t. | To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event. |
| forealleging | present participle & vb. noun | of Foreallege |
| forebodement | noun | The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded. |
| forebodingly | adverb | In a foreboding manner. |
| foreconceive | verb t. | To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. |
| forejudgment | noun | Prejudgment. |
| foreordinate | verb t. | To foreordain. |
| forepromised | adjective | Promised beforehand; preengaged. |
| foresightful | adjective | Foresighted. |
| forespeaking | noun | A prediction; also, a preface. |
| forestalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Forestall |
| foretokening | present participle & vb. noun | of Foretoken |
| fore-topmast | noun | The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast. See Ship. |
| fore-topsail | noun | See Sail. |
| fourfeitable | adjective | Liable to be forfeited; subject to forfeiture. |
| forgettingly | adverb | By forgetting. |
| formaldehyde | noun | A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic acid. |
| fornicatress | noun | A woman guilty of fornication. |
| forswornness | noun | State of being forsworn. |
| foul-mouthed | adjective | Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. |
| foundationer | noun | One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. |
| foundershaft | noun | The first shaft sunk. |
| fountainless | adjective | Having no fountain; destitute of springs or sources of water. |
| four-in-hand | adjective | Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-hand coach., A team of four horses driven by one person; also, a vehicle drawn by such a team. |
| four-o’clock | noun | A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four-o’clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady., The friar bird; — so called from its cry, which resembles these words. |
| four-wheeled | adjective | Having four wheels. |
| four-wheeler | noun | A vehicle having four wheels. |
| fractionally | adverb | By fractions or separate portions; as, to distill a liquid fractionally, that is, so as to separate different portions. |
| frangibility | noun | The state or quality of being frangible. |
| frankincense | noun | A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified. |
| fraternation | noun | Alt. of Fraternism |
| fraternities | plural | of Fraternity |
| fraternizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Fraternize |
| fraudulently | adverb | In a fraudulent manner. |
| freckledness | noun | The state of being freckled. |
| free-denizen | verb t. | To make free. |
| free-hearted | adjective | Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. |
| free-milling | adjective | Yielding free gold or silver; — said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. |
| freethinking | noun | Undue boldness of speculation; unbelief., Exhibiting undue boldness of speculation; skeptical. |
| free-tongued | adjective | Speaking without reserve. |
| frenchifying | present participle & vb. noun | of Frenchify |
| frequentable | adjective | Accessible. |
| frequentness | noun | The quality of being frequent. |
| freshmanship | noun | The state of being a freshman. |
| fresnel lamp | Alt. of Fres’nel’ lan’tern | |
| fresnel lens | See under Lens. | |
| fricasseeing | present participle &. vb. noun | of Frlcassee |
| frictionless | adjective | Having no friction. |
| friendliness | noun | The condition or quality of being friendly. |
| frigefaction | noun | The act of making cold. [Obs.] |
| frigefactive | adjective | Cooling. |
| frigorifical | adjective | Causing cold; producing or generating cold. |
| frondescence | noun | The time at which each species of plants unfolds its leaves., The act of bursting into leaf. |
| frondiferous | adjective | Producing fronds. |
| frontiersmen | plural | of Floatiersman |
| floatiersman | noun | A man living on the frontier. |
| frontispiece | noun | The part which first meets the eye, The principal front of a building., An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself. |
| frost-bitten | p. adjective | Nipped, withered, or injured, by frost or freezing. |
| fructescence | noun | The maturing or ripening of fruit. |
| fructiculose | adjective | Fruitful; full of fruit. |
| fructiferuos | adjective | Bearing or producing fruit. |
| frumentation | noun | A largess of grain bestowed upon the people, to quiet them when uneasy. |
| frustraneous | adjective | Vain; useless; unprofitable. |
| fugitiveness | noun | The quality or condition of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility; fugacity; instability. |
| fuliginosity | noun | The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. |
| fuliginously | adverb | In a smoky manner. |
| full-blooded | adjective | Having a full supply of blood., Of pure blood; thoroughbred; as, a full-blooded horse. |
| full-bloomed | adjective | Like a perfect blossom. |
| full-hearted | adjective | Full of courage or confidence. |
| functionally | adverb | In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity. |
| functionless | adjective | Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin. |
| fungilliform | adjective | Shaped like a small fungus. |
| furfuraceous | adjective | Made of bran; like bran; scurfy. |